[3.11] gh-94026: Buffer regrtest worker stdout in temporary file (GH-94253) (GH-94408)

Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>.
Co-authored-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>

Lib/test/libregrtest/runtest_mp.py

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ import queue
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
-from typing import NamedTuple, NoReturn, Literal, Any
+from typing import NamedTuple, NoReturn, Literal, Any, TextIO
 
 from test import support
 from test.support import os_helper
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def parse_worker_args(worker_args) -> tuple[Namespace, str]:
     return (ns, test_name)
 
 
-def run_test_in_subprocess(testname: str, ns: Namespace) -> subprocess.Popen:
+def run_test_in_subprocess(testname: str, ns: Namespace, stdout_fh: TextIO) -> subprocess.Popen:
     ns_dict = vars(ns)
     worker_args = (ns_dict, testname)
     worker_args = json.dumps(worker_args)
@@ -67,18 +68,17 @@ def run_test_in_subprocess(testname: str, ns: Namespace) -> subprocess.Popen:
     # Running the child from the same working directory as regrtest's original
     # invocation ensures that TEMPDIR for the child is the same when
     # sysconfig.is_python_build() is true. See issue 15300.
-    kw = {}
+    kw = dict(
+        stdout=stdout_fh,
+        # bpo-45410: Write stderr into stdout to keep messages order
+        stderr=stdout_fh,
+        text=True,
+        close_fds=(os.name != 'nt'),
+        cwd=os_helper.SAVEDCWD,
+    )
     if USE_PROCESS_GROUP:
         kw['start_new_session'] = True
-    return subprocess.Popen(cmd,
-                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                            # bpo-45410: Write stderr into stdout to keep
-                            # messages order
-                            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-                            universal_newlines=True,
-                            close_fds=(os.name != 'nt'),
-                            cwd=os_helper.SAVEDCWD,
-                            **kw)
+    return subprocess.Popen(cmd, **kw)
 
 
 def run_tests_worker(ns: Namespace, test_name: str) -> NoReturn:
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ class TestWorkerProcess(threading.Thread):
         test_result.duration_sec = time.monotonic() - self.start_time
         return MultiprocessResult(test_result, stdout, err_msg)
 
-    def _run_process(self, test_name: str) -> tuple[int, str, str]:
+    def _run_process(self, test_name: str, stdout_fh: TextIO) -> int:
         self.start_time = time.monotonic()
 
         self.current_test_name = test_name
         try:
-            popen = run_test_in_subprocess(test_name, self.ns)
+            popen = run_test_in_subprocess(test_name, self.ns, stdout_fh)
 
             self._killed = False
             self._popen = popen
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ class TestWorkerProcess(threading.Thread):
                 raise ExitThread
 
             try:
-                # bpo-45410: stderr is written into stdout
-                stdout, _ = popen.communicate(timeout=self.timeout)
-                retcode = popen.returncode
+                # gh-94026: stdout+stderr are written to tempfile
+                retcode = popen.wait(timeout=self.timeout)
                 assert retcode is not None
+                return retcode
             except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                 if self._stopped:
                     # kill() has been called: communicate() fails on reading
@@ -244,17 +244,12 @@ class TestWorkerProcess(threading.Thread):
                 # bpo-38207: Don't attempt to call communicate() again: on it
                 # can hang until all child processes using stdout
                 # pipes completes.
-                stdout = ''
             except OSError:
                 if self._stopped:
                     # kill() has been called: communicate() fails
                     # on reading closed stdout
                     raise ExitThread
                 raise
-            else:
-                stdout = stdout.strip()
-
-            return (retcode, stdout)
         except:
             self._kill()
             raise
@@ -264,7 +259,17 @@ class TestWorkerProcess(threading.Thread):
             self.current_test_name = None
 
     def _runtest(self, test_name: str) -> MultiprocessResult:
-        retcode, stdout = self._run_process(test_name)
+        # gh-94026: Write stdout+stderr to a tempfile as workaround for
+        # non-blocking pipes on Emscripten with NodeJS.
+        with tempfile.TemporaryFile(
+            'w+', encoding=sys.stdout.encoding
+        ) as stdout_fh:
+            # gh-93353: Check for leaked temporary files in the parent process,
+            # since the deletion of temporary files can happen late during
+            # Python finalization: too late for libregrtest.
+            retcode = self._run_process(test_name, stdout_fh)
+            stdout_fh.seek(0)
+            stdout = stdout_fh.read().strip()
 
         if retcode is None:
             return self.mp_result_error(Timeout(test_name), stdout)
@@ -311,9 +316,6 @@ class TestWorkerProcess(threading.Thread):
     def _wait_completed(self) -> None:
         popen = self._popen
 
-        # stdout must be closed to ensure that communicate() does not hang
-        popen.stdout.close()
-
         try:
             popen.wait(JOIN_TIMEOUT)
         except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as exc: